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Andricus confertus

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Andricus confertus
Castle Rock Regional Recreation Area, Walnut Creek, California, 2013
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Andricus
Species:
A. confertus
Binomial name
Andricus confertus
McCracken & Egbert, 1922

Andricus confertus, the convoluted gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in California in North America. This gall, with its pink, brain-like appearance, is actually a cluster of galls.[1] In summer, parthenogenetic female larvae induce these galls on the underside of valley oak leaves, along the midrib. Adult wasps emerge the following spring.[1] These adult females are brown with lighter markings, and are 2.5 millimetres (0.098 in) in length.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 108–109. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
  2. ^ McCracken, Mary Isabel; Egbert, Dorothy Barnes (1922). California Gall-making Cynipidae: With Descriptions of New Species. Stanford University Publications. pp. 32–33.
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